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Selden, Raman was born on December 31, 1937 in London. Son of Atma Chuharmal and Phyllis Ruby (Planten) Ramchandani.
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This book is divided into five parts and covers: representation; subjectivity; form, structure and system; history and society; morality, class and ideology. Each part contains several thematic sections in which extracts from different writers and periods are juxtaposed. The study of literary theory has tended to concentrate on very recent developments. This volume, however, establishes both a sense of the continuities from Plato to the present day as well as the discontinuities. These are presented through comparisons and contrasts across the entire field of critical history.
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Practising Theory and Reading Literature provides an accessible introduction to the study of contemporary literary theories and their applications to a range of literary texts. This is an elementary introduction where the emphasis is on practice, and in this respect it complements A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory.
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This anthology is a survey of critical theory which integrates contemporary and earlier critical writings into one book. It is divided into five parts covering: representation; subjectivity; form, structure and system; history and society; morality, class and ideology. Each part contains several thematic sections in which extracts from different writers and periods are juxtaposed. "The Theory of Criticism" establishes both a sense of the continuities from Plato to the present as well as the discontinuities. These are presented through comparisons and contrasts across the entire field of critical history. With introductory essays and reading lists for each section this should prove valuable reading for students, scholars and critics who wish to familiarize or refamiliarize themselves with aspects of theory.
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Selden, Raman was born on December 31, 1937 in London. Son of Atma Chuharmal and Phyllis Ruby (Planten) Ramchandani.
Bachelor in Classics, University College, London, 1960; Bachelor in English, Birkbeck College, London, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London, 1971.
Lecturer Portsmouth Polytechnic, Hampshire County, England, 1965-1971. From lecturer to senior lecturer Durham (England) University, 1972-1985. Professor English Lancaster University, Lancashire, England, 1986-1990, professor emeritus England, 1990.
Professor English Sunderland Polytechnic, Humanities, since 1990.
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Author: English Verse Satire, 1978, Criticism and Objectivity, 1984, A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, 1985, second edition, 1989, Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, 1986. Co-editor: Poems of John Oldham, 1987, The Theory of Criticism. A Reader, 1988, Practising Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction, 1989.Editorial board 17th Century, since 1986. Joint editor Longman Critical Reader Series.
Married Margaret Jane Twemlow, 1978. Children from previous marriage: Paul Daniel, William Matthew.